Sir Ken Robinson and creativity

Here’s Sir Ken Robinsondelivering his latest message about creativity. He speaks of the need to transform education to recognise the importance of creativity and its importance to our global economy. He wonders why we continue to have a linear approach to education with a heirarchy of subjects eg: english, maths. He suggests that all subjects are important and should be valued equally. He speaks of a second climate crisis the world is facing – a crisis of human resources. Our inability to recognise the potential of our students for their creative talents leads, he suggests, to the economics of distress in our world today. He discusses California and the spending on the penal system which eclipses the spending on education threefold. Sir Ken Robinson is a riveting speaker who holds his audience without a bullet point in sight.

Original ideas that have value – this is the creative capacity that we need to cultivate in our students today and this is the 21st century challenge we face. Watch Ken Robinson – he makes you think.

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the important job that is teaching, and how to incorporate new technologies into our practice. Considering she is a Teacher-Librarian, there's a fair bit of discussion about libraries here as well. She tries to inject a bit of humour into the mix every now and then too. She thinks it's important.

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Text projections by public artist Martin Firrell onto the dome of St Paul's Cathedral, London. Commissioned by Dean and Chapter to mark the 300th anniversary of the topping out of Sir Christopher Wren's cathedral building. Titled 'The Question Mark Inside' the artwork presented a stream of answers to the question, what makes life meaningful and purposeful?